Behind Architectural Filters - Phenomena of Interference

Behind Architectural Filters: Phenomena of Interference explores the active role of architectural filters in generating physically and sensory charged spatial experiences.

List of contents

Contents
Foreword. Harmonic Interference
David Leatherbarrow

1. Introduction. Materializing Light and Gaze


2. The Filter as a Limit of Space
Approaching the Idea of the Limit
Transforming Matter
Contour Conditions
On the Geometry of Filters
From Tradition to Virtuality: Historiographic Categories
The Dissipated Space Behind the Filter


3. The Filter as a Transitional Space
A Place of Lights and Shadows
The Vision of the Horizon
Exterior and Interior Landscapes
The Transitional Space: Ma and Engawa


4. The Filter as Structure and Construction
Natural Structure and Artificial Structure
The Structure of the Filter: Operations of Subtraction and Addition
The Stereotomic Filter: Predominance of Matter Over Air
The Tectonic Filter: Predominance of Air Over Matter
From the Perforated Box to the Disaggregated Framework


5. Generative Strategies


1. Strategies of Origin. Earth Filters and Air Filters
Earth Filters
Royal Bath. Comares Palace. The Alhambra. Granada, Spain. Fourteenth Century
Air Filters
Recoletos Court. Madrid, Spain. Eduardo Torroja; Secundino Zuazo. 1935


2. Strategies of Density. Heavy Filters and Light Filters
Heavy Filters
Melnikov House. Moscow, Russia. Konstantin S. Melnikov. 1927
Light Filters
Shuster Hall. Hunter College. Bronx, New York, US. Marcel Breuer; Robert F. Gatje. 1959



3. Strategies of Thickness. Shallow Filters and Deep Filters
Shallow Filters
Sarkhej Roza. Ahmedabad, India. Fifteenth Century
Deep Filters
Tower of Shadows. Chandigarh, India. Le Corbusier. 1956


4. Strategies of Function. Structural Filters and Enclosing Filters
Structural Filters
Public Library. Seattle, WA. Rem Koolhaas; Joshua Prince-Ramus. 2004
Enclosing Filters
Dominus Winery. Napa Valley, CA. Herzog & De Meuron. 1998


5. Strategies of Attention. Ground Filters and Figure Filters

Ground Filters
Heilige Familie Church. Oberhausen, Germany. Rudolf Schwarz. 1956
Figure Filters
Nôtre Dame du Haut. Ronchamp, France. Le Corbusier. 1955
6. Conclusions: Behind Architectural Filters
Index
Acknowledgements
Biography

About the author

Miguel Guitart is an architect, author, and academic. Guitart is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture at the University at Buffalo-SUNY. His research focuses on the spatial intersection of matter and perception, and the experiential thresholds between physical boundaries, memory, and tactility. Guitart obtained his PhD in Architecture from ETSAM, Polytechnic University of Madrid, and his Master’s degree from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University as a J. W. Fulbright Scholar. Guitart has been awarded by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), and the New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA).

Summary

Behind Architectural Filters: Phenomena of Interference explores the active role of architectural filters in generating physically and sensory charged spatial experiences.

Product details

• Authors: Miguel Guitart
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781032077482
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3207748-2
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Professional interior design, Philosophy, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, History of Architecture, Architecture: interior design, Building construction & materials, Theory of architecture, Building construction and materials, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design